-=> LEE LOFASO wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 LL> Hello Wayne,

 WC>Here using Doc's Place BBS I note a recent upturn in
 WC>the fidonews echo after it went virtually dead for a couple of weeks.

 WC>Has that moderator - sysop relented and lifted the feed cut or did you
 WC>relink?

 LL> "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"
 LL> - The Wizard of Oz

 LL> "Every sysop is encouraged to make this echo available to
 LL> any user, that's interested in reading and writing in it."
 LL> - Bjorn Felten, Moderator of the Fidonews echo

Do you have a URL to this document?
If so I'll post it to Ed Koon at Doc's Place.

I'll also forward this very post in this echo to Steve Asher.

I've no desire in participating in the demise of fidonet.

 LL> "The Fidonews editor ... is the permanent moderator of this echo."
 LL> - Bjorn Felten, Editor of the Fidonews newsletter, and the Permanent
 LL> Moderator of the Fidonews echo

Yes but not the zone 1 mod right?
As I was led to believe those responsiblities are broken down into regional 
authority.

 LL> In regards to the fidonews echo, any "moderator" other than
 LL> Bjorn Felten should be ignored as they are nothing but pretenders
 LL> to the throne.

Sounds right but I want confirmation, thusly I'll forward this to Steve in this

echo as well as to Ed Koon to see his response.

I very much wish to participate in discussions with a certain number of 
Europeans and Scandinavians.

 WC>Don't worry as I won't post to that echo from your BBS, nor
 WC>any others suggested to me by someone.

 LL> It is up to each individual sysop whether to carry, or not to carry,
 LL> the fidonews echo on his/her system.  The same goes for any other echo,
 LL> not just the fidonews echo.

 LL> There are many BBSes throughout the world which carry the fidonews
 LL> echo.  BBS listings can easily be found by doing a search on the
 LL> web.  Most of those BBSes allow participants to read and write in
 LL> that echo, paying no heed any pretender(s) to the throne.

Well yes now that I'm fully back in working order I can find them quite 
easily, unfortunately I forgot passwords to several other quite nice boards 
with the full compliment of fido echos due to the stroke.

Then to I've your listings of those references in my text/bbs file.

 LL> If you are having a problem reading and writing in the fidonews
 LL> echo from docsplace, use a different BBS.  Problem solved.

Yup, that one in Scotland for one, synchronet.

 WC>Fidonet is dying quite fast enough without my enabling
 WC>someone to speed its demise.

 LL> Then get some fresh blood, inviting others to join in.

I don't get out hardly at all or I would do so.
There is only one  other in this dump with online computers

 WC>There are still a number of quality individuals posting in an ever
 WC>diminishing number of echos.

 LL> With fresh blood, and new echoes, that could change.

An optimistic viewpoint I've little personal optimism for however 
I hope you're right and I am wrong on this.

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